Valens, 364-378. Solidus (Gold, 22 mm, 4.51 g, 6 h), Antiochia, 366-367. D N VALENS PE P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valens to right. Rev. RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICAE / ANTI✱ Valens standing front in military attire, head to right, holding labarum with cross in his right hand and Victory on globe in his left. Depeyrot -, cf. 22/2 (differing obverse legend). Hess-Divo 329 (2015), 184 (same dies). RIC -, cf. 2d.xix (differing obverse legend). Extremely rare with this obverse legend. Lustrous and perfectly centered. Very minor porosity on the obverse, otherwise, virtually as struck.



The unusual obverse legend can be read either as PE P F, or Perpetuus Pius Felix, or more likely as an engraver’s error, a misspelling of PER F AVG, which is otherwise well attested at Antioch.